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Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from kwaria (“to speak”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mwà(ː)ɾiɔ̀ꜜ/, /moàɾiɔ̀ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
- (Nyeri) Ford (1975:61) claims that the a is pronounced long.[3]
Noun
mwario class 3 (plural mĩario)
- way of speaking, manner of speaking
- Synonym: rwario
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